Our People

Board of Trustees

Board of Advisors

Management

Joy Alampay, Executive Director

For over three decades, Joy Alampay has had stints in government, civil society, and the private and development sectors. She has handled programs at the national, regional, and international levels. The common thread to her career has been her experience and leadership in public health programs, events, and strategic communications. Most recently she was National Manager of the Philippine Red Cross’ 200,000-strong volunteer corps. Prior to that, she was with the World Health Organization Non-Communicable Diseases Division, handling m-Health solutions, events and communications for the Western Pacific Region. For 8 years prior, she was with the Bangkok-based Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance, as regional communications manager.

Joy's experience - and her built-up network of movers and leaders across the Philippines, Southeast Asia, and the Asia Pacific, from civil servants to development agencies and business people and the academe - make her a timely leader for Asia Society Philippines. She has handled projects and programs, run and designed tech-driven solutions for public health and government challenges, supported policy-advocacy work – and, as a side note, though no less relevant to Asia Society’s mandate, she has even project managed some of the biggest international concerts ever held in Manila, as part of the Music Management International Live Team. (She handled the shows of Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, and Maroon 5, among others…and personally organized and accompanied Justin Bieber’s outreach to the communities devastated by Typhoon Haiyan.)

Programs

Kaitlyn Magtoto, Program Officer

Kaitlyn graduated magna cum laude from Far Eastern University with a bachelor’s degree in International Studies. As Asia Society Philippines’ Program Officer, she spearheads all programs of the foundation. Her professional experience includes working as a paralegal at the Human Rights Victims’ Claims Board; as a full report documenter for various development and public sector events, forums, and discussions; and taking a customer support role in a private company. She is also a devout human rights and animal welfare advocate and continues to pursue higher studies in fields of her interest. 

Patricia Gadiane, Program Assistant

Patrcia is a Program Assistant at Asia Society Philippines who serves as a lead in minor ASPF programs, assists the Project Officer on other major ASPF programs, and manages ASPF memberships. She previously worked at a recruitment technology startup in the Philippines as part of the Business Development team. Pat also graduated cum laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in International Studies from De La Salle University - Manila. 

Administration

Pamela Barreda, Executive Assistant

Pam is an Executive Assistant at Asia Society Philippines. She graduated from Lyceum of the Philippines University - Cavite and a bachelor's degree holder in Foreign Service major in Diplomacy. She had her internship at Department of Foreign Affairs as an office assistant in Cultural Diplomacy Unit who helps people of a foreign nation to develop an understanding of the nation's ideals and institutions in an effort to build broad support for economic and political goals.